Hovercraft Events / News / Information

HoverWorld Insider, a free email newsletter, is the central information resource for the international hovercraft/air cushion vehicle world.

Archives

July 2008

• Sport and Recreation: Upcoming Hovercraft Events / Event Reviews
• Hovercraft History: World’s First Hovercraft Racing Champion
• Rescue: Hovercrft in the USA Flood Disaster
• Cmmercial: Feasibility of Hovercraft Ferry Services
• Education: A New Chapter in School Hovercraft Programs
• Manufacturer Profile: MAD Hovercraft
• Hovercraft Manufacturer News

March 2008

• Sport and Recreation: An Overview of World Events
• Education: The Hovercraft Program at Parish Hill High School
• Commercial: Life as a Hovercraft Dealer: Markku Huvinen
• Feature Biography: Hugh Firminger and Hovertechnics
• Rescue Operations: Rescue Stories from Big Bend
• Manufacturer Feature: Hov Pod

January 2008

• Meet the Publisher
• Sport and Recreation: World Hovercraft Championship 2008
• Education: The Schools Hovercraft Program in Australia
• Commercial Hovercraft: Blind man pilots Hovertravel ferry
• Hovercraft Safety: Hover STAR Network launched
• Hovercraft History: Melville Beardsley, Hovercraft Pioneer
• Rescue Hovercraft:
  • Homeland Security Grant provides rescue hovercraft
  • Hovercraft advocate retires
• Early Development: John Chaplin's In the Beginning
• Hovercraft Manufacturer News

August 2006

• Sport and Recreation: Event News and Updates
• Military Hovercraft:
  • LCACs carried on ships built of World Trade Center steel
  • Hovercraft evacuate Americans from Lebanon
• Education: New DiscoverHover communications programs
• Rescue Hovercraft: Hovercraft rescue pilot after F-16 crash
• Hovercraft Manufacturer News

March 2006

• Sport and Recreation: Event news and updates
• Education: DiscoverHover expands to 1500 schools in 44 countries
• Military Hovercraft: Secret Skunk Works project utilizes hovercraft technology
• Commercial Hovercraft: Hovercraft eliminate "bugs" in South Korean port expansion
• Hovercraft Manufacturer News

April 2005

• Sport and Recreation: Event news and updates
• Education: Learning takes flight in school hovercraft programs
• Commercial Applications: Hovercraft eliminates aviation threat
• Rescue Operations: Hovercraft rescue pioneers
• Hovercraft Industry: 2005 State of the Industry report

Sept 2004

• Announcement: Cancellation of HoverWorld Expo 2004
• Hoosier Hovercraft Championship
• Interview with Robert Hodson, Trans-American Hovercraft Adventure

June 2004

• Upcoming Hovercraft Events
• Guest Editorial: The Devilish Details
• DiscoverHover: the Build-a-Hovercraft School Project
• Hovercraft Adventures on the Lewis & Clark Trail
• Beyond James Bond: Hovercraft in Corporate Team Building
• Fast Facts about the World's First Hovercraft Race

January 2004

• Introduction: The Year of the Hovercraft
• Update: HoverWorld Expo 2004
• New Download: 2002 CACTS Symposium on Air Cushion Technology
• Call for Papers: 2004 CACTS Symposium on Air Cushion Technology
• DiscoverHover: the Build-a-Hovercraft School Project
• Feature Story: From Sea to Shining Sea … by Hovercraft!
• Fast Facts about Hovercraft

Premier Issue: June 2003

• Welcome to the Premiere Issue of HoverWorld Insider
• SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: HoverWorld Expo 2004: Endurance Race Australia
• Guest Editorial: Chris Fitzgerald
• The World's First Hovercraft Race
• Fast Facts about Canberra, Australia